@@ 8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted witch

[erbear]

As an 8th grade history teacher, I can confirm that this is right on brand. "A woman was WRONGED?! We have to fix it NOW!"

[smock]

That's very cool! Fun fact about Salem: there were about 500-600 people living in Salem Village in 1692/93. And 200 people were accused of being witches. Around 50 confessed! None of them were convicted or executed. The 19 people hanged as witches all refused to confess and were convicted. Over 100 people were imprisoned – in a town of ~500 people! The level of hysteria must have been insane.

[VillainV]

Aug 19, 2021 16:59:21 GMT -5 smock said:

That's very cool! Fun fact about Salem: there were about 500-600 people living in Salem Village in 1692/93. And 200 people were accused of being witches. Around 50 confessed! None of them were convicted or executed. The 19 people hanged as witches all refused to confess and were convicted. Over 100 people were imprisoned – in a town of ~500 people! The level of hysteria must have been insane.

I love how this board has a resident expert on…well, probably everything…but especially this!!

[smock]

Aug 19, 2021 17:07:51 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Aug 19, 2021 16:59:21 GMT -5 smock said:

That's very cool! Fun fact about Salem: there were about 500-600 people living in Salem Village in 1692/93. And 200 people were accused of being witches. Around 50 confessed! None of them were convicted or executed. The 19 people hanged as witches all refused to confess and were convicted. Over 100 people were imprisoned – in a town of ~500 people! The level of hysteria must have been insane.

I love how this board has a resident expert on…well, probably everything…but especially this!!

I'm just excited for chances to pull out my random witch history knowledge, since we're coming up on six years since I last taught my Witch Trials course.

Speaking of which, when I submitted the course to my college they put a typo in the title. For a while, it was officially called Witch Trails. I should have given lectures on a hike. 😆

[1confused1]

That is so cool!

[meganew]

Aug 19, 2021 17:11:39 GMT -5 smock said:

Aug 19, 2021 17:07:51 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I love how this board has a resident expert on…well, probably everything…but especially this!!

I'm just excited for chances to pull out my random witch history knowledge, since we're coming up on six years since I last taught my Witch Trials course.

Speaking of WITCH*, when I submitted the course to my college they put a typo in the title. For a while, it was officially called Witch Trails. I should have given lectures on a hike. 😆

Fixed that for ya.

[irishbride2]

Aug 19, 2021 16:43:32 GMT -5 erbear said:

As an 8th grade history teacher, I can confirm that this is right on brand. "A woman was WRONGED?! We have to fix it NOW!"

So on brand . They feel injustice deeply.

[pumpkin]

Aug 19, 2021 17:11:39 GMT -5 smock said:

Aug 19, 2021 17:07:51 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I love how this board has a resident expert on…well, probably everything…but especially this!!

I'm just excited for chances to pull out my random witch history knowledge, since we're coming up on six years since I last taught my Witch Trials course.

Speaking of which, when I submitted the course to my college they put a typo in the title. For a while, it was officially called Witch Trails. I should have given lectures on a hike. 😆

I wish I could take your class!

[babsbunny]

smock, I did a report on the witch trials in 8th grade. Am I remembering correctly a gentleman named John Danvers that was crushed by stones instead of burned? I would consult my 8th grade paper but my parents may have thrown it out.

[mbcdefg]

Aug 19, 2021 21:56:58 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

smock, I did a report on the witch trials in 8th grade. Am I remembering correctly a gentleman named John Danvers that was crushed by stones instead of burned? I would consult my 8th grade paper but my parents may have thrown it out.

Giles Corey?

[smock]

Aug 19, 2021 21:56:58 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

smock, I did a report on the witch trials in 8th grade. Am I remembering correctly a gentleman named John Danvers that was crushed by stones instead of burned? I would consult my 8th grade paper but my parents may have thrown it out.

Yep, it was Giles Corey! His wife Martha was also an accused witch. Giles refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty, so they pressed him to death with stones. Then they hanged Martha.

I wrote a blog post about them!
www.sylviaprincebooks.com/blog-list/2016/the-coreys-of-salem

John Danvers was a different 17th c guy who signed the death warrant for King Charles I during the English Civil War.

[4speedy]

Aug 19, 2021 17:07:51 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Aug 19, 2021 16:59:21 GMT -5 smock said:

That's very cool! Fun fact about Salem: there were about 500-600 people living in Salem Village in 1692/93. And 200 people were accused of being witches. Around 50 confessed! None of them were convicted or executed. The 19 people hanged as witches all refused to confess and were convicted. Over 100 people were imprisoned – in a town of ~500 people! The level of hysteria must have been insane.

I love how this board has a resident expert on…well, probably everything…but especially this!!

We should start a list.

[sonrisa]

I love that you included "wrongly convicted" in the title. lol.